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House File 476

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Bill Introduced: H.J. 561
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 48A.6, subsection 1, Code 2001, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  A person who has been convicted of a felony as defined
  1  4 in section 701.7, or convicted of an offense classified as a
  1  5 felony under federal law.  If When the person's rights are
  1  6 later restored by the governor, or by the president of the
  1  7 United States, pursuant to section 914.8, the person may
  1  8 register to vote.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 914.2, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  1 10 follows:
  1 11    914.2  RIGHT OF APPLICATION.
  1 12    Except as otherwise provided in section 902.2 or 914.8, a
  1 13 person convicted of a criminal offense has the right to make
  1 14 application to the board of parole for recommendation or to
  1 15 the governor for a reprieve, pardon, commutation of sentence,
  1 16 remission of fines or forfeitures, or restoration of rights of
  1 17 citizenship at any time following the conviction.
  1 18    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  914.8  RESTORATION OF RIGHT TO
  1 19 REGISTER AND TO VOTE.
  1 20    1.  When a person, who has once been convicted of a felony
  1 21 criminal offense, is discharged from probation under section
  1 22 907.9, discharged from parole or work release under section
  1 23 906.15, or released from confinement under section 902.6
  1 24 because the person has completed the person's term of
  1 25 confinement, the person's right to register to vote and to
  1 26 vote is restored.
  1 27    2.  Upon discharge from confinement or supervision, the
  1 28 department of corrections or judicial district department of
  1 29 correctional services, whichever is applicable, shall provide
  1 30 written notice to the inmate, parolee, or probationer of the
  1 31 person's discharge which shall include a statement that the
  1 32 person's right to register to vote and to vote has been
  1 33 restored.
  1 34    3.  The department of corrections shall monthly provide a
  1 35 list of all persons discharged from confinement or supervision
  2  1 to the state registrar of voters who shall provide the
  2  2 information to the county registrars of voters as deemed
  2  3 necessary.
  2  4    4.  The department of corrections shall, within fourteen
  2  5 days of a person's discharge from confinement or supervision,
  2  6 provide a course of instruction to the person regarding the
  2  7 person's voting rights and whether the person is allowed to
  2  8 register to vote and to vote pursuant to this section, or
  2  9 whether the person must apply for a restoration of citizenship
  2 10 and the method by which that may be accomplished.
  2 11    Sec. 4.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to persons
  2 12 discharged from probation, parole, work release, or otherwise
  2 13 released from confinement on or after July 1, 2001.  
  2 14                           EXPLANATION 
  2 15    This bill makes restoration of the right to register to
  2 16 vote and to vote automatic upon a person's release from
  2 17 probation, parole, or work release, or upon completion of the
  2 18 person's term of confinement if the person has only once been
  2 19 convicted of a felony offense.
  2 20    The bill requires the department of corrections or the
  2 21 judicial district department of correctional services to
  2 22 provide written notice of restoration of voting rights to
  2 23 persons upon discharge from confinement or supervision.
  2 24    The bill requires the department of corrections to, once
  2 25 each month, send a list of those persons discharged from
  2 26 confinement or supervision to the state registrar of voters.
  2 27    The bill requires the department of corrections to offer
  2 28 instruction on restoring the right to vote to persons
  2 29 discharged from confinement or supervision, within 14 days of
  2 30 discharge.
  2 31    The bill applies to persons discharged on or after July 1,
  2 32 2001.  
  2 33 LSB 1969HH 79
  2 34 sc/pj/5.1

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